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-11 pts

Ben Malgeri is a safer bet to put the ball in play tonight than he usually is, and his season strikeout rate does not show it. He strikes out 15% of the time against the kind of pitches Dean Kremer throws, compared with 26% against everyone else — 11 points better. The reason is the cutter: Dean Kremer throws it 18% of the time, and Ben Malgeri strikes out 10% of the time against it across 10 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 59% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

Published Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Ben Malgeri is a safer bet to put the ball in play tonight than he usually is, and his season strikeout rate does not show it. He strikes out 15% of the time against the kind of pitches Dean Kremer throws, compared with 26% against everyone else — 11 points better. The reason is the cutter: Dean Kremer throws it 18% of the time, and Ben Malgeri strikes out 10% of the time against it across 10 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 59% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

THE NUMBERS

player id
701162
player name
Ben Malgeri
team
Detroit Tigers
matchup
Minnesota Twins @ Detroit Tigers
pitcher name
Dean Kremer
direction
comfortable
headline
-11 pts
weighted krate
0.147
own baseline
0.261
k delta
-0.114
weighted avg
0.26
mix covered
0.59
detail
Ben Malgeri is a safer bet to put the ball in play tonight than he usually is, and his season strikeout rate does not show it. He strikes out 15% of the time against the kind of pitches Dean Kremer throws, compared with 26% against everyone else — 11 points better. The reason is the cutter: Dean Kremer throws it 18% of the time, and Ben Malgeri strikes out 10% of the time against it across 10 plate appearances. A season strikeout rate averages every kind of pitcher he has faced, so a matchup like this disappears into it. Based on 59% of what this pitcher throws — he has not faced the rest often enough to measure.

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